OSHA Inspection: A&E MASONRY, LLC

Issued

Mar 19, 2020

Penalty

Initial $3,817 · Current $3,817

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.403(b)(1): Employer did not ensure that electrical equipment is free from recognized hazards that are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees:  (a) On or about 02/27/2020 - 8202 Nantucket Circle, Owens Cross Roads, AL, employees were utilizing a flexible cord connected to 120 VAC providing power to a DeWalt chop saw that was not equipped with a ground pin. The cord had exposed electrical wires.

Issued

Mar 19, 2020

Abate by

Mar 31, 2020

Penalty

Initial $3,817 · Current $3,817

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(1)(i): Guys, ties, and braces were not installed at locations where horixontal members support both inner and outer legs:  (a) On or about 02/27/2020 - 8202 Nantucket Circle, Owens Cross Roads, AL, employees installing brick were working from scaffolding approximately 14 feet above the ground that was missing adequate bracing.

Issued

Mar 19, 2020

Abate by

Mar 31, 2020

Penalty

Initial $7,634 · Current $7,634

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:  (a) On or about 02/27/2020 - 8202 Nantucket Circle, Owens Cross Roads, AL, employees working beneath employees utilizing tools while at an elevated position on a fabricated frame scaffold were not wearing hard hats.   A&E Masonry, LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.100(a), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1240073, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on 08/11/2017, with respect to a workplace located at 68 Summerlyn Way, Owens Cross Roads, AL.

Issued

Mar 19, 2020

Abate by

Mar 31, 2020

Penalty

Initial $3,817 · Current $3,817

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Employees were not provided with eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:  (a) On or about 02/28/2020 - 8202 Nantucket Circle, Owens Cross Roads, AL, employees handling U.S. Cement Type N were not wearing safety glasses.   A&E Masonry, LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.102(a)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1240073, citation number 1, item number 2 and was affirmed as a final order on 08/11/2017, with respect to a workplace located at 68 Summerlyn Way, Owens Cross Roads, AL.

Issued

Mar 19, 2020

Abate by

Apr 2, 2020

Penalty

Initial $7,634 · Current $7,634

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.300(b)(1): Power operated tool(s), designed to accommodate guards, were not equipped with such guards when in use:  (a) On or about 02/27/2020 - 8202 Nantucket Circle, Owens Cross Roads, AL, employees were operating a 14-inch DeWalt chop saw to cut brick with the guard wired in the up position.     A&E Masonry, LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.300(b)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1240073, citation number 1, item number 3 and was affirmed as a final order on 08/11/2017, with respect to a workplace located at 68 Summerlyn Way, Owens Cross Roads, AL.

Issued

Mar 19, 2020

Abate by

Apr 2, 2020

Penalty

Initial $8,906 · Current $8,906

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:  (a) On or about 02/27/2020 - 8202 Nantucket Circle, Owens Cross Roads, AL, employees installing brick for a residential home at approximately 14 feet above the ground were not provided fall protection.  A&E Masonry, LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.451(g)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1240073, citation number 1, item number 4a and was affirmed as a final order on 08/11/2017, with respect to a workplace located at 68 Summerlyn Way, Owens Cross Roads, AL.

Issued

Mar 19, 2020

Abate by

Apr 7, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazard:  (a) On or about 02/27/2020 - 8082 Nantucket Circle, Owens Cross Roads, AL, employees working from scaffolding while installing brick did not recognize the hazards.       A&E Masonry, LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.454(a), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1240073, citation number 1, item number 4b and was affirmed as a final order on 08/11/2017, with respect to a workplace located at 68 Summerlyn Way, Owens Cross Roads, AL.

Issued

Mar 19, 2020

Abate by

Mar 31, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Platform(s) on all working levels of scaffolds, were not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and guardrail supports:  (a) On or about 02/27/2020 - 8202 Nantucket Circle, Owens Cross Roads, AL, employees installing brick were working from scaffolding approximately 14 feet above the ground that was not fully planked at each level.  A&E Masonry, LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.451(b)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1240073, citation number 1, item number 4c and was affirmed as a final order on 08/11/2017, with respect to a workplace located at 68 Summerlyn Way, Owens Cross Roads, AL.

Issued

Mar 19, 2020

Abate by

Mar 31, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from other scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Cross-braces were used as a means of access:  (a) On or about 02/27/2020 - 8202 Nantucket Circle, Owens Cross Roads, AL, employees were climbing scaffolding frames and not provided a safe means of access.   A&E Masonry, LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.451(e)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1240073, citation number 1, item number 4d and was affirmed as a final order on 08/11/2017, with respect to a workplace located at 68 Summerlyn Way, Owens Cross Roads, AL.

Issued

Mar 19, 2020

Penalty

Initial $8,906 · Current $8,906

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.  (a) On or about 02/27/2020 - 8202 Nantucket Circle, Owens Cross Roads, AL, employees installing 2x4's as steps along the lower gable next to the scaffolding at approximately 16 feet above the ground were not provided fall protection.     A&E Masonry, LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.501(b)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1240073, citation number 1, item number 5 and was affirmed as a final order on 08/11/2017, with respect to a workplace located at 68 Summerlyn Way, Owens Cross Roads, AL.

Issued

Mar 19, 2020

Abate by

May 5, 2020

Penalty

Initial $216 · Current $216

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met (Construction Reference: 1926.59):  (a) On or about 02/27/2020 - 8202 Nantucket Circle, Owens Cross Roads, AL, the employer had not developed a written program for employees mixing U.S. Cement, Type N Portland cement.       A&E Masonry, LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1910.1200(e)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1240073, citation number 2, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on 08/11/2017, with respect to a workplace located at 68 Summerlyn Way, Owens Cross Roads, AL.